Become a Gift-Giving Guru

December 17, 2009 by GEOFF WILLIAMS

Last December, Jennifer Finke, having thoroughly enjoyed working for a client, decided to send her a gift. Finke, 32, who owns JF communications, a public relations and corporate writing firm in Denver, had a goal similar to any entrepreneur. She wanted to let her client know that it had been wonderful to work with her--and, of course, subtly hint that the door was wide open to work on any future projects. Click here to read more.

Put Me In!

June 2007 by MARK HENRICKS

Rob Basso knows the benefits of working with a personal business coach- and today his sales employees do, too. Basso, owner of Freeport, New York-based Advantage Payroll Services, has hire trainers to work with his 25 employees. But in 2005, dissatisfaction with the $3.5 million company's sales approach and results led the entrepreneur to hire an outsider to coach his five-person sales team. Click here to read more.